Hosiery



Feb. 19, 1924. 1,484,103

D. YOUNG.v

HOSIERY Filed Aug. 19, 1922 fnz/enor;

Patented Feb. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

DANIEL YOUNG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 YOUNG A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK;

HOSIERY.

Apparatuur4 mea August 19, 1922. serial m. 582,925.

To all lwhom z't may, concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL YOUNG, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and -State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hosiery, of which the followin is a specification. This invention re ates to improvements in hose or stockings lsuch as are worn by men, women and children, Y and is especially adapted for that style known as the half hose or stocking.

The `objects of this invention are to pro'- vide a hose or stocking of this character which will conveniently and easily adjust itself to the leg and wh1ch is comfortable to the wearer, and does not unnecessarily bind or pinch the leg; but has a light and clinging effect thereto, without the use of an additional support such as is in use at the present time.

The lfurther objects are to provide a stocking of this character which is so constructed that it will obviate the necessity of rolling the tops of the stockings to hide the garters which are now used.

It will be seen I accomplish the foregoing by referring to the drawings formin a part of this speclfication in which Fig. 1 1s a side elevation of the upper part of my improved hose or stocking; Fig. 2 is an enlarged diagrammatic sectional view of a portion of the upper part or top of thev hose or stocking, and is greatly exaggerated as re ards the threads of which it is constructe Fig. 3. is a similar view to Fig. 2., but showing a different form for obtaining the same result;}Fig. 4. is a similar view to Fi s. 2 and 3., but showin another form to o tain the same 9result; ig. 5. is a similar view to Figs.` 2, 3 and 4., but showing another form to obtain the same result.

Referring to the drawings which show a.A

lI provide a hose or stocking 2'having the iNvENTIoNs, INC.,

regular leg portion 3 of the usual constru'otion, which is made by the threads interlocklng wlth each other to make the smooth or lbody portion of the hose or stocking which terminatesas indicated by the doted line at 4, where-the top portion 5 of the hose or stocking begins, and the construction may. be changed to form vertical lor raised portions, and for convenience I will term these portions ribs, and if the ribs are used they will be similar to the ribbed tops now in use, and it will be understood that this ribbed portion is made1 up of the same two threads or continuation of them until aredeter.- mined portion of the top is forme as at 6, when another thread is interposed by the fraying of its end, and twisting the frayed portion or end around one of the original threads, so as to cause it to bel carried along in the constructing process, and thus cause a thicker material to be made of a tighter construction, and theexerting of a greater tension on the threads will cause the diam? i eter of the top to decrease as at 7,*this action will take place, although thesame number of needles are used in makin the upper and lower part of the top, or 1n other words there are. the same number of stitches in the y at 8, and thus decreasing of the diameter.

It has been found that the inter osing ofthis extra thread gives an exceeding ygood result, especially in woolen stockings; but I prefer to interposea second `extra thread 1n the same manner as the other extra thread, after a few rounds of the top have been made or formed with the interposing of the first extra thread, as is shown in Fig. 3, and thus .further thickening the portion 8, and still further decreasing its diameter, and

`where silk or lisle are used in making the hose or stocking, I will multiply the number of these interposed threads to any desired number, and it will be understood that the vfiner the threads of which the stocking is made, the greater number of interposed threads will be required to get thel proper thickness, and decreased diameter of the part 8 as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be further understood that l can obtain the same result as already described (as regards tousing the multiplied number of interposed threads for silk or lisle stockings) by interposing a woolen thread of a larger diameter or a thread of the same nl aterial; but of a larger diameter, or by spllcz ing threads of ailarger diameter to the two original threads and finishing the top with the two threads of the largerv diameter.

' It will be still further noted that l can obtain the foregoing results in the following manner, as shownin Fig. `5, and it will be seen in this case that l interpose threads .10 of a different material and textureV from the threads 11 which are used'to form the main or bodyportionwof the stocking, and

, for illustration I will state if-the stocking is formed of silk or lisle, the interpose .threads may be made from wool-or cotton,

H or a mixture thereof, andin' the construction theneedles are made to o erate so as to cause the woolenthread (i .Wool is used) to be so positioned as to cause-it to form a lining 12 on the inside' of the stocking, and not to show on the outside of 'thestockin and it will be noted 'thatthe silk threa s will be so drawn, in order to hold the woolen threads in position as to jcause the decreased diameterof the part 8. t. v VThe operation or faction of this hose or stocking is very simple, and it will be noted thus the thicker portion will cause the thinner portion to return to its stretched or normal position, and the stocking will always stzy in a smooth and snug position.

hat l desire to claim is:

l. An/article of manufacture, a hose having a body ortion and an upper cuff p0rtion, said eng portion at a plurality of adjacent points thruout its length being of greater thickness and -strength than said body portion thereby offering increased resistance to expansion of the cuff portion, the insidel diameter of said cuil' portion being less than the inside diameter ofthe adjacent part of said body portion. '2. An article of ing a body. port-ion and an upper cuff portion, said cuill portion from the body portion upward being of greater progressive thickness lthan said body portion thereby oii'erin increased resistance to expansion of the cu portion, the inside diameter of said cuil pormanufacture, a hose havtion being less than the inside' diameter of v the adjacent part of said body portion.

ing a b ody portion andan upper cuff portlon, sa 1d cuitportion having a progressive -mcreaslng number of threads provlding a 3. An article of manufacture, a hose hav-' cuff portion of greater thickness and strength than said body portion thereby of- 'tering increased resistance to expansion of;

the cuff portion, the inside diameter of Said culi' mrtio'n beirgless than the inside diameter of the a jacent `part of said body portion.

4. The method of forming a hose having a` body portion and a cuil" portion, which consists 11i constructing the body and cu' portlons each of a 'plurality of threads and introducing into the cuff portiona plurality of pro essively increasing number of' threads un er greater tension than the tension of said first named threads.-

Signed at New York, in the county New York and State of New York, this 1st day of August A. D. 1922.

.DANIEL Yonne.

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